Ronn Lucas meets Bob Monkhouse

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8 ай бұрын

American ventriloquist Ronn Lucas's quite amazing performance on The Bob Monkhouse Show, originally broadcast on Monday, 25th February, 1985. You don't often get 15 minutes of this sort of act on TV these days, and especially not after 9pm, but Ronn is undeniably a master of his art - we meet Buffalo Billy and George the Turtle, he creates a sock puppet right before our eyes, he blows up a balloon while singing at the same time, he does the 'small man trapped in a box' trick decades before Rob Brydon, and closes things out with just his own hands talking to each other.
Way more entertaining than I expected, and well worth watching.
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@RaphaelChan888 14 күн бұрын

A ventriloquist so good, he doesn't even need a puppet

@kali3665 3 ай бұрын

Doing the ventriloquism is one thing. Doing a PATTER song *in character* is incredible. "George? I'm not going to talk to a hand - it's very weird." "Don't think of me as a hand." "Oookay! What are you?" "A naked puppet." "NO!" 🤣🤣🤣🤣 I love Ronn Lucas - he is one of the greatest vents working today.

@Majorhappysaccount 6 ай бұрын

Ronn Lucas was all over children's TV at this point, usually with Scorch the dragon. The routine where he duets with his puppet, both singing "Row Row Row your boat", is absolutely incredible, everyone should see it.

@PestilentAllosaurus Ай бұрын

"I think I know him." Regarding the hand and another body part. That had me absolutely in tears, my face still hurts from all the laughter.

@DeborahBest 4 күн бұрын

I never heard of this guy. Boy, did I miss out.

@rock8465 2 ай бұрын

This is insane! I have now seen every ventriloquist act with this one.

@GabiKiner Ай бұрын

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@Guppyta16 Ай бұрын

Omg did I just found out where Boo Burham get his personality from… a puppet 😭

@Gamertrix117 28 күн бұрын

The best at that art form, even still today. Some come close, but Ronn was the best.

@larryadams636 12 сағат бұрын

So much fun to watch and learn from. Great creativity.

@mightyquinnproductions8672 Ай бұрын

Simply a Genius by far the best Venriloquist I had ever seen back then si funny.

@paulhenshall2221 Ай бұрын

Look for Ray Allen. Best venture list Britain ever produced.

@adnenjemai9099 Ай бұрын

Im gonna see what the little guy is up too 😂

@manarharche8734 Ай бұрын

He's a damn Artis!!!

@pieterhollenberg1092 2 ай бұрын

UNBELIEVABLE GOOD !! Could not stop laughing. wow.

@MrThe1234guy 3 ай бұрын

Same exact jokes in 2024 , amazing.

@cooperman78mc 8 ай бұрын

I usually hate stuff like this but this guy is a genius. I wonder if this is where Rob Brydon got his man in a box from

@VideotapeFTW 8 ай бұрын

That's the first thing I thought - this must be a couple of decades before Rob Brydon did it on TV.

@Majorhappysaccount 6 ай бұрын

It's a standard for throwing your voice, I don't think either copied from the other.

@matthollub4977 2 ай бұрын

This is hilarious and incredibly original! I can see this being where Bo Burnham got his inspiration from.

@Maundervision 8 ай бұрын

A superb entertainer. John Fisher - producer of this show, as well as Parkinson, The Paul Daniels Magic Show, and many others - evidently thought he (and Billy, of course!) had the potential to be a big star here; when he left the BBC to become Thames' head of variety in 1988, he made him the MC of a series done from the London Hippodrome (the former Talk of the Town), as well as giving him his own series on the network. Don't know how effective they were at spreading his fame here, and I'd love to know if he's still out there, performing (many of the turns Fisher featured on his shows over the years still are, so there's definitely hope!).

@VideotapeFTW 8 ай бұрын

I've only got very vague memories of Ronn's Thames show, so finding this (even older) VHS recording was quite an eye-opener in terms of how good it was. I suppose having a highly-refined 15-minute stage act doesn't necessarily translate to being able to carry a full-blown television series, but I'm still surprised he didn't become much better known here in the UK. Hopefully full recordings of the series will show up somewhere sooner or later. Ronn's website seems to still be taking bookings, and he also has a fan site: www.ronnlucas.com www.ronnlucas.net

@Maundervision 8 ай бұрын

@@VideotapeFTW That's good to hear. He's a marvellous act, no question. Makes me think of Kelly Monteith a bit; goes down a storm on Des O'Connor's show, gets asked by the BBC (in the person of Jim Moir, I'm guessing?) to do his own sitcom (with the help of Neil Shand), does very well on BBC2 (with repeats on 1, as was then usual), but never *quite* breaks through to the front rank here, so ends up going back to the States, and Vegas, etc. Until his recent (sadly early) death, he'd been revisiting some of his old shows here on KZfaq ('reacting' to them, as it were), so it was lovely to see him again, still at it. This is why it's always important - not to say fun! - to dig through old VHSes, as you do here, to find stuff that's either been completely consigned to the dustbin of history, or else stuff that touches a vague nerve, and that sends us all off down little rabbit-holes, looking for further signs of something we might've seen years ago, but completely forgotten about. That, and celebrating the talents involved, both in front of and behind the cameras!

@VideotapeFTW 7 ай бұрын

@@Maundervision Oh, you're _so_ right, and that's exactly why I do what I do. There's a wealth of material that will simply never be released or repeated, so I always encourage anyone who has a stack of VHS tapes to digitise them before it's too late. You just never know what long-forgotten gems you might stumble across!

@VideotapeFTW 8 ай бұрын

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